WHO IS J. K. ROWLING?

Reading /Complete the story using the Past

Simple.

J.K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter books.

J. K.'s name is Joanne Kathleen.
She

( be) born in 1965 in a small town near Bristol, England.

Joanne

(live) with her parents and her sister.

The Rowling family was not rich. Joanne

schools.
She was a quiet child.She
Joanne
She
stories.

(not go ) to special

(love) to read and write stories.

( go) to Exeter University,and she

(finish) in 1987.

(work) in different offices. In her free time, she

In 1990, Joanne's mother

. Joanne

(write)

sad, and she

to leave England.
She
Portugal.

a job in the newspaper for an English teacher.The job was in

She

an interview, and she

Joanne

the job. In Portugal,

a Portuguese man.

The next year, Joanne had a daughter, but she

marriage.

happy in her

She
Portugal with her daughter and
Edinburgh, Scotland, near her sister.
Life was difficult for Joanne. She
She
(be) alone,and nobody
and no job.
She
again.

(take) care of her daughter.

(help) her. She

(live) in a small apartment and

Joanne first

to live to

( have) no money

(begin) to write stories

(think) about the Harry Potter story many years ago

on a train. Joanne liked to go a coffee shop to write. She

for many hours.

(sit) there

She
(drink) coffee and
beside her.

(sleep)

(write). Her daughter

After five years, Joanne

She

writing the first Harry Potter book.

it to many publishers.

They all

that they didn't like it.

Finally,a publisher
it, but the publisher said," This is a children's
book.
Adults won't read.You won't make a lot of money."
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer'Stone was in the bookstores.
J.K.Rowling
very happy. Her dream to publish her book
true.
The book was famous all over the world.
Now Harry Potter book is in forty-two languages.
The publisher was wrong about one thing: Everyone loves Harry Potterchildren and adults.
Over 100 million books were sold in 1999.Then two Harry Potter
books

( become) movies.

J.K.Rowling
(write) three more Harry Potter books after that.
People all over the world want more Harry Potter.And what is J.K.Rowling
doing now?
She is writing another book!

Words and Meanings/ Choose the correct word.

quiet
author
adults
alone
interview
dreams

1. Good things happened to Joanne.All her

came true.
2. J.K.Rowling is an

. She writes books.

3. Joanne was not a noisy child. She was

4. Joanne lived
.She didn't live with another
person.
all over the
5. Joanne had a meeting about a new job. She had
world
an
.
6. People of all ages like Harry Potter: children and
7. Harry Potter is famous in every country.
It is famous

Opposites/ Find the words in the text that are opposite in meaning
to:.

1. sad
2. poor
3. large
4. together
5. hate
6. begin
7. easy
8. same
9. noisy
10. right
11. in the beginning
10.

1.

(paragraph 2)

2.

(paragraph 1)

3.

(paragraph 3)

4.

(paragraph 3)

5.

(paragraph 4)

6.

(paragraph 1)

7.

(paragraph 2)

(paragraph 1)

9.

(paragraph 1)

(paragraph 4)
11.

(paragraph 3)

Synonyms/ Find the words in the text that are synonyms in meaning
to:.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

flat
kids
writer
shop
occupation
glad

7. no one

1.

(paragraph 3)

2.

(paragraph 4)

3.

(paragraph 1)

4.

(paragraph 4)

5.

(paragraph 2)

6.

(paragraph 3)

7.

(paragraph 3)

Comprehension/ True or False?:.

1. Joanne was an English teacher in Portugal.

2. Joanne married an English man in Portugal.
3. Joanne left her daughter in Portugal.
4. Joanne finished writing the first Harry Potter book after five years.
5. Every publisher liked the book.
6. Harry Potter is in twenty-four languages.

Comprehension/ Choose the correct question word:.

1.

did she finish the Exeter University? ....in 1987.

2.
came true.
3.

was J.K. Rowling happy?

is J.K. Rowling ?

....because her dream

....a famous writer

4.
newspaper

did she find a job in Portugal?

5.
cafe

did she start writing her first book?

6.
books

books were sold in 1999?

....she read a
....in the coffee shop
....over 100 million

Vocabulary/ Match the country to its language. Write the letter in

the box:.

1. Japan

a. French

2. England

b. Greek

3. China

c. Japanese

4. Spain

d. Russian

5. Italy

e. Chinese

6. Portugal

f. Spanish

7. Egypt

g. Italian

8. France

h. English

9. Russia

i. Portuguese

10. Greece
j. Arabic

Spelling/Capital Letters/
Rewrite the sentences and put the capital letters where necessary :.
1. the name of the boy is harry potter.
2. johanne rowling lived in scotland.
3. you can read harry potter in german.
4. she was in united states in september.

5. joanne married a portuguese man.

6. today is saturday.
7. she lived near bristol in england.